[cayugabirds-l] Cayuga Bird Club Field Trip this Sunday
I will lead a trip up the lake Sunday. Meet at the Lab of O at 8 am. Plan to return by mid-afternoon. Bring a lunch. All are welcome - bird club members and the public. Duck hunting ends Friday, and I noticed today that ducks are beginning to congregate again at the south end of the lake. And, just in time, the temperature will again approach freezing! Bob McGuire -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Short-eared Owls
From the Long Point Winery on Lake Road, Steve Fast and I saw three Short-eared Owls, the first one seen at 4:45 (that was when we arrived there) flying north of the road. We saw two on the south side. The owner of the winery told me he has recently seen 5 or 6 there. It was t cold to search for more. Good birding, Ann -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Waterfowl hunting regulation
I guess the courts have the final say on the validity of Ithaca's ordinance. Concern about the cost and risks associated with jurisdictional disputes may be explanation enough for the lack of enforcement heretofore. But if the city begins to enforce its No Hunting ordinance, then DEC will have to decide whether to accept the situation or challenge it. I wonder if there's a patch for this conflict available under ECL 11-0321, which authorizes DEC to set up Restricted Areas for a variety of purposes, including protection of public health and safety. Kayaked disrupting the hunt could pose a public safety concern... -Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
Re: [cayugabirds-l] Waterfowl hunting regulation
In 2005 the Ithaca City Court ruled that only the State of New York can regulations activities in or on Cayuga Lake because the State has retained its rights to regulate the lake. The court cited a Court of Appeals case that ruled on jurisdiction over activity in Canandaigua Lake. (The Court of Appeals is the highest court in NYS.) So the courts already have looked at the question of jurisdiction over the lake and ruled against the application of an ordinance enacted by municipalities or authorities to anything happening in or on Cayuga Lake. The City Court ruling was in the context of an off leash dog swimming in the south end of the lake, and the court threw out the case against the dog owner, saying the leash law didn't apply in Cayuga Lake because the State has no leash law. The same logic would apply to the City's firearm ordinance if someone tried to ticket or arrest a hunter working in or on the lake. Alicia On 1/8/2015 8:13 AM, Geo Kloppel wrote: I guess the courts have the final say on the validity of Ithaca's ordinance. Concern about the cost and risks associated with jurisdictional disputes may be explanation enough for the lack of enforcement heretofore. But if the city begins to enforce its No Hunting ordinance, then DEC will have to decide whether to accept the situation or challenge it. I wonder if there's a patch for this conflict available under ECL 11-0321, which authorizes DEC to set up Restricted Areas for a variety of purposes, including protection of public health and safety. Kayaked disrupting the hunt could pose a public safety concern... -Geo -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ -- --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Peregrine on Cornell campus
About 8:15am this morning a peregrine was perched about ¾ up the east side of Bradfield Hall. I heard it call before I looked up to see it. Marty -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Iceland Gull at compost
A first-year ICELAND GULL was with about 400 Herring Gulls at the Cornell compost piles along Stevenson Road this morning. Kevin Kevin J. McGowan Project Manager Distance Learning in Bird Biology Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road Ithaca, NY 14850 k...@cornell.edumailto:k...@cornell.edu 607-254-2452 Do you know about our other distance-learning opportunities? Visit http://www.birds.cornell.edu/courseshttp://cornell.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b35ddb671faf4a16c0ce32406id=19023cad4ee=d3c0712a98 and learn about our comprehensive Home Study Course in Bird Biology, our online course Investigating Behavior: Courtship and Rivalry in Birdshttp://cornell.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b35ddb671faf4a16c0ce32406id=d69183921ce=d3c0712a98, our Be A Better Birder tutorialshttp://cornell.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b35ddb671faf4a16c0ce32406id=9969512772e=d3c0712a98, and our series of webinarshttp://cornell.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b35ddb671faf4a16c0ce32406id=946e880490e=d3c0712a98. Purchase the webinars herehttp://cornell.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b35ddb671faf4a16c0ce32406id=d5d44c79f0e=d3c0712a98. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
[cayugabirds-l] Possible Peregrine outside my window
I happened to be reading about Gyr Falcon on Genesee list and when I looked up there was a falcon flying in front of my window and by the size I think it was a Peregrine, may be the same one which was reported by Marty today morning. It headed straight towards the Vet Tower along Tower road in west to east direction! Oh it is back now flying east to west! Cheers Meena Dr. Meena Haribal 409, Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) Ithaca NY 14853 USA Phone 6073011167 Email: m...@cornell.edumailto:m...@cornell.edu http://haribal.org/ http://meenaharibal.blogspot.com/ Ithaca area moths: http://tinyurl.com/kn6q2p4 Dragonfly book sample pages: http://www.haribal.org/140817samplebook.pdf -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
